This is the summary page that describes the CMF kirkstone quarterly release rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone based on the branch rdk-next and kirkstone oe layers. Below are links to the relevant documents.

• RPI profile has enabled DISTRO OneWifi.
• For RPI 4 Extender see RPI4 Extender - reference implementation
  

Note: The latest rdkb quarterly release addresses licensing issues so users are advised to move to the latest iteration.

• RDKB-2024q4-kirkstone RPi4 32bit Broadband License Manifest Report
• RDKB-2024q4-kirkstone RPi4 64bit Broadband License Manifest Report
• RDKB-2024q4-kirkstone RPi4 32bit Extender License Manifest Report

• TDK-B Test Reports - M131
• RDKB - Test Reports 2024Q4 Kirkstone build

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A detailed changelog since the last release rdkb-2024q3-kirkstone can be found here. 

Baseline

Highlights

Components updated since rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone

Community contributions

A detailed changelog since the last release rdkb-2024q3-kirkstone can be found here. 

Getting the code

Note:

• The manifests repository is only available to RDK licensees.
• Opensource versions of the RDKB manifests are available from the rdkcmf/manifests repository rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone branch 

mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags 

• The -m <manifest.xml> in the sequence above is important. If this is not specified, you will get an RDK-V tree by default.

  • For RPI builds use manifest: rdkb.xml

    repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone

• The -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone in the build sequence above specifies the branch to use.
• If you omit the -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone entirely, you will get the HEAD of each component

Building the code

RDKB 2024Q4 Manifests

Building for RaspberryPi 4B 32 Bit

mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags 

MACHINE=raspberrypi4-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

# To build TDK image
bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-tdk-image

• Note. The kernel Image and root filesystem will be created under the ./tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi4-rdk-broadband folder

Building for RaspberryPi 4B 64 Bit

mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags 

MACHINE=raspberrypi4-64-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

# To build TDK image
bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-tdk-image

• Note. The kernel Image and root filesystem will be created under the ./tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi4-64-rdk-broadband folder

Building for RaspberryPi 4B Extender 32 Bit

mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-pod-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags  

cd meta-cmf-broadband
<UPDATE 0001-Update-bhaul-credential.patch with credential and redirector URL>
cd ../

MACHINE=raspberrypi4-rdk-extender source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

bitbake rdk-generic-extender-image

Documentation 

Documentation on the RDK-B reference platforms including host requirement setup and flashing instructions are available from the following links:

RDK Reference Platforms

RDK-B (RaspberryPi)

RDK-B R-Pi Yocto 3.1 - Dunfell

RDK-B (Raspberry Pi) Build and Setup Manual - Router Profile

RDK-B Turris

Kirkstone (Yocto 4.0) Migration - RDK-B

RPI4 Extender - reference implementation

For all other RDK documentation please refer to the RDK wiki at https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/ 

Testing

Sanity Testing

Automated RPI Sanity tests include:

• Services checks (OneWifi, ccsp processes)
• Network (WAN) connectivity 
• LAN client
• Wifi 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz hotspot testing.
• Login, menu navigation, parameter modification, e.g. Wifi SSID/password change and re-connection, changing admin password.

Additional Manual Sanity Tests:

TDK & Automatics Testing

• TDK component, VRT and E2E tests were run against the release on both 32 bit and 64 bit builds
• TDK Manager used is TDK-B Release M131
• TDK-B Test Reports - M131
• RDKB - Test Reports 2024Q4 Kirkstone build